If your computer desktop was an infinitely-sized canvas that your monitor was a viewport into, would you want that?

Some scrolling window managers for (like ) now offer infinitely-wide workspaces. If you add a new window column to the right, one may scroll off-screen on the left.

It's convenient like a large house is convenient. You can fill it with even more stuff before you need to clean it. But if you want to find something? You've got a much larger haystack for your haystack.

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